Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1887-03-05
ST. PAUI. MINI March. 1se1

ST. PAUL, MINI, March /, 1887.
Chaos. This describes the condition of
affairs in the House. That BODY is SO alb
soluteiy overwhelmed with business that
h1einoers,a are fairly dazed and hardly know
where to begin. There were .sa hills on
general orders this morning and when the
2fiouse closed Its session at / / crcloci, TO-
night there We're still 300 bills on general
orders An effort was made in The after
noon to relieve the general order, list by ap-
pointing committee to select such bills as
there was no objection to and place them on
the Calendar for a third reading and fipai
passa thus avoiding debate and the ese-
1ay Whlcn occurs Ill the committee of the
WIole. Inc committee reported
anu selected something - over
Two hundred bills to which there was no
*oplectlon This looked as though. there was
gong TO be a tremendous sweep and
adyancement of business but the result was
q disappointment. Hendrickson of st.
Faul, VINO was t,s interested in a bill that had
been objected too, got up and moved that
his bill be included in the list to he added to
the third reading but an Otter Tail county
member objected. The chair ruled that
where there was a single objection it threw
me biil cut. There We're four or five bills in
that there had been no objection T., and
they We're included in the report of
the committee, but Hendricksons 80
matter OF revenge, picked them out
anu az Ill, hney We're all rejected from the report
OF the committee. Then another member
arose and wanted to get. some bill included
IN the advancement and some one else
wanted bill or two that had been reD0rted
Dy the committee thrown out and the
result OF the whole middle was that after
an hours EFFORT to get the advancement
made the whole subject was laid on the
table and the 1913 bills all remained on
general orders. It was nearly 1Oo'clock to-
night before that order of business was
reached, The first bills related to freedom
OF traffic on railroads and interest and
upon the House was in a frame of mind
to adjourn. About forty bills were
passed IN the House during the afternoon
ana ne evening y Among them was the Senate
OIL Oh ollered by MI. Ives forbidding the sale
o. nquor to minors This had a close call
only having one vote to spare. In the even
ing Wnne the House was engaged in third
reading and passage of bills, the Lee bin
prescribing penalties for violation of the
nlgh Incense law was reached. There We're
sixteen aDsenfees and among them lust
enough high license men, or those Wha had
voted for high license before, to leave the
temperance element in the minority The
antl-hlgh License forces were very anxious
TO vote end the high license men Just as
anxious to: prevent it.. Mr.. Potter of Hons
ton took charge Of the matter aud began t to-
hlllbnsterl IN order to secure time. Motions for
a call OF the House and to call the roll mo-
t3ons to adjourn and motions for various
things with the call the roll order each
Lllne Followed III quick succession Mr. Pot
ter asked to have the bill laid aside unti}
morning as a matter Of courtesy and an
nounced his intention, if it was not. 10 CON
tlnue has tactics and spend the entire
evening IN ca ling the roll. After an hour
or more had passed in this manner. = COW.
rt.Hn n
feadlng and passage Of bills entirely and
going into the committee of the Whole and
as a result the evening session accomplished
very little. Scarcely any bills were passed
nit mittee = & t tfe Whole t,aa the a,a con- m
mem en- 5ers We're tired and q good many of
them mad and consequently adjouIned. as
pave already explained, after three bills had
l pesli cohslaereu. One reason for SO little
beng accomplished in committee of the
whole this evening was because fonr hills lie
regulating Interest stood at the bead of the
i1st ana the House during the afternoon
having already passed Mr., ponnelly's inter
est Dill, he opposed the constellation of
Cnese untll 1t5Was determined whether the
Senate would accept his bill or not Each f,np
OF tie tour members who had Introduced
Pills Oh the subject We're anxious to have
theirs considered and the result was a LARGE,
amount OF talk with nothing ACCOMPLISHED
re senate Today passed the House bill for
DE ,1 appropriating SzolD0 for repairing the
State capitol. This is the ending Of the
capif ol removal boom and the real estate
operators go about the streets ilr1nourninas
iie effort 70 locate the new soldiers home
on the State experimental farm was over
Wheilnlngly defeated in the Senate, only
receiving four votes. The bill for a corstf
lonalalnendnaent prohibiting. the sale
ana manufacture OF liquor could only m;1s-
ter;elghteen votes in tue Senate but wae
irleeons1dered and may come up again. It
Is hardly likely to pass but if it Should. viii
go to the people for their
consideration. The House ia
struggling with the reappertiontgs hin
but the Senators who viii hold two years
more It there is no reanportionaiie,1t and 6s.
ieslslated out OF Office If the bill should mass
are against the measure SO that it is pretty
certain that no reappoitionmenI bill viii
pass this session. Only two more DAYS re-
main during which bills can be passe,i ma
tne probability Is that fol,r. or five hundred
on now pending VIII be lost fsr lack Of
time. ' 80 "
For the Glory Of Cod.
'.While practicing law number Of
years ago, said Judge Tourgee ~